Seoul’s ‘Awesome’ Islets Finally Open

It has taken several years, but a project in Seoul featuring three man-made islets on the Han River has fully opened to the public.

The development was originally named the Floating Island, but at an official opening on Wednesday it was renamed Some Sevit. A city official said the first half of the name came from the English word awesome, though it also sounds like the Korean word for island. Sevit is a combination of the Korean words for three and light.